Ohio State Football Scheduling Announcements

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State football schedules for the 2020 and 2021 seasons are now complete with the addition of the University of Buffalo to the 2020 schedule (Sept. 19 at Ohio Stadium) and the University of Akron to the 2021 schedule (Sept. 25 at Ohio Stadium).

Ohio State’s 2020 campaign now includes non-conference home games against Mid-American Conference schools Bowling Green and Buffalo on either side of a Power 5 contest at Pac-12 member Oregon. Games that season outside of the Big Ten Conference East matchups are against Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.

The 2021 schedule features the home half of the two-game series against Oregon – Sept. 11 – followed consecutively by non-conference matchups against Tulsa and Akron. Ohio State will open the 2021 season at Minnesota and the team will also play divisional crossover games at Nebraska and against Purdue.

Ohio State and Akron have met eight times previously with Ohio State holding a 7-1 edge in the series. The last meeting between the two teams came in the 2011 season.

The game against Buffalo will be just the second contest between the two teams with the only other contest being played in 2013, a 40-20 Ohio State win.

Dates Changed for Ohio State versus Texas Series
In additional football scheduling news: Ohio State and the University of Texas have mutually agreed to move the dates for their two-game, home-and-home series from the 2022 and 2023 seasons to the 2025 and 2026 seasons, respectively. The schedule for the Ohio State/Texas series now features:

• Ohio State traveling to Austin, Texas to play the Longhorns on Aug. 30, 2025; and
• Texas traveling to Columbus for the return game at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 5, 2026.

Ohio State versus TCU: Prime Time Start
ABC announced the first three weeks of its prime time lineup today and the Ohio State vs. TCU game, Sept. 15 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be an ABC Saturday Night Football broadcast with an 8 p.m. (Eastern) start.